German-born political cartoonist Thomas Nast gave America ... the celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of the nineteenth century. Like many Northerners, Nast supported ...

Striking and revelatory, American Comics is a rich chronicle of the last 150 years of American history through the lens of its comic strips, political cartoons, superheroes, graphic novels, and more.

Learn more about the history of American political satire below ... The invention of printing laid the foundations of the modern political cartoon by making it possible to circulate pictorial ...